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clockworkjoe

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Actual Play Category Icons
« on: September 22, 2009, 02:20:31 PM »
When I set up the new AP feed, I will use Category Icons with this wordpress plugin http://www.category-icons.com/

I picture an icon for system and perhaps some others.

What kind of icons/categories should I set up?

Do you want to contribute some icons?

I'm thinking square, 30x30 or so pixels.


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Re: Actual Play Category Icons
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2009, 02:42:13 PM »
Pictures are fun to have.

Not being sure how this icon system works I'd suggest something simple, like the dragon icon of RPPR and stylized letter "R" and "P" icons.

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Re: Actual Play Category Icons
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2009, 11:24:57 PM »
That's a really tough one. I would think that dividing up by genre would be best, since dividing by gametypes would be really hard. (Is Shadowrun a more like WoD or DnD?)

Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Mundane, "Strange or Other"?

However you end up dividing, I would subdivide by One Shot/Short Form vs. Ongoing Campaign if that's an option.


As for icons... I could put some stuff together. Maybe a Cthulhu silhouette for "horror", a Sword for fantasy, a CyberEye for Sci-Fi, and a pistol or a normal face for Mundane?

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Re: Actual Play Category Icons
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2009, 11:34:54 PM »
i can do multiple icons on a single post

def. one icon for each system. For example I will use an icon from here for Call of Cthulhu http://www.macguff.fr/goomi/unspeakable/links.html

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Re: Actual Play Category Icons
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2009, 11:46:38 PM »
Wow. Well, than I'd suggest an icon for each game system that gets played as well as icons for the major genres in gaming.

We, by which I mean the forum goers, could also make icons for the different players as a fan project.